Combined protective shield and attaching device for receptacle-covers.



J. SGHAPFBR. GOMBINED PROTECTIVE SHIELD ANDATTAOHING DEVICE FOR.BEGEPTAOLE COVERS.

APPLICATION mum 41 n.27,1911.

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Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB SGHAFFER, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED PROTECTIVE SHIELD AND ATTAOHING DEVICE FOR nEcEPrAcLE-covERs.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB SCHAFFER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of'New York, in the borough of Brooklyn and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombined Protective Shields and Attaching Devices for Receptacle-Covers,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a combined protective shield and attachingdevice for the cover handles of large cooking pots, boilers,washboilers, and the like, in which the handles are disposed at thecentral part of the cover.

In practice it often happens that the covers of such receptacles becomeso hot that the knuckles of the hand are badly burned when grasping thehandle, and it is an object of my invention to provide a shield betweenthe cover and handle which will protect the hand when grasping such ahandle, such shield also providing means whereby the cover may beattached to the rim of the receptacle in its removed position.

In carrying out my invention I have devised a simple and cheap form ofshield which is not alone adapted to perform the above recitedfunctions, but is further adapted for other uses, in that it provides asuitable support for a fork, spoon, clothes-stick, or other implement;it affords fulcrum points for the knuckles whereby proper leverage maybe obtained when removing the cover; and it further provides means forbalancing the cover in the hand in its inverted posit-ion when the sameis being itself used as a receptacle.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a perspective viewof the top of a washboiler and its cover showing my novel shielddisposed between the cover and its handle. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof a washboiler with the top of one side broken away and showing thecover hung upon the upper edge of the boiler by means of said combinedshield and attaching device.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, the boiler has been designated 1and has the usual cover 2, to the upper central part of which areattached up-rights 3 by means of rivets, or by other suitable means.These up-rights 3, together with a cross-bar 4 which is mounted betweenthe upper extremities of the uprights in any suitable Specification ofLetters Patent. Patented Se t 10"1912 Application filed April 27, 1911.

Serial No. 623,625.

manner, constitute the handle. This crossbar is preferably made of wood,fiber, or'

like non-heat-conducting material.

Between the handle and cover I locate my novel shield 5, which may be ofmetal or other suitable material and is preferably somewhat arch-shaped,so that it will be spaced from the cover throughout the greater part ofits length, thereby allowing the air to freely circulate between thecover and shield. The clearance between the handle and shield ispreferably just sufiicient to permit the insertion of the fingers. Theends of the shield, which" form the base of the arch, may extend underthe uprights?) and be secured to the cover by the same means whichsecures said uprights thereto. Between the cover and the ends of theshield suitable heat-insulating material 6 may be placed if desired. Inthis embodiment of my invention I have shown the shield 5 as providedwith extensions 7, but it is obvious that many forms of shields may beemployed whereby some or all of the advantages of my invention may beobtained. I prefer to bend these extensions upwardly in the mannershown, since when so bent they will readily engage the rim of the boilerfor the purpose of hanging the cover thereon, and they further formfulcrum points for the knuckles whereby proper leverage may be obtainedwhen removing the cover from the receptacle, and in addition providemeans for balancing the inverted cover in the hand when using it as areceptacle, washboiler covers being often used in this manner, theoperator removing the clothes from the boiler with one hand by means ofa stick, and depositing them in the inverted cover which is held in theother hand. hen used in this way, the upturned edge of one side of theshield bears upon the back of the fingers and the other edge of theshield bears upon the under side of the hand at the base of the thumb.These upturned edges furthermore provide a support for a stick, fork,spoon, or other implement.

As before pointed out my improved shield is adapted to perform aplurality of functions; 2'. 6., it protects the hand; provides a fulcrumfor the knuckles; forms a support for a stick, or other implement;provides means for balancing the inverted cover in the hand; and itfurther affords convenient means whereby the cover may be hung on therim of the receptacle.

I am aware that hooks for suspending boiler covers have been heretoforeprovided, but so far as I am aware no one has constructed a combinedhook and protective shield for the purposes herein stated and mostcertainly has no one devised a combined hook and shield of one piece ofmaterial, comprehending all of the advantageous characteristicspossessed by my device.

I do not wish to be limited to the particular construction herein shownand described, since I am aware that many changes may be made thereinwithin the purview of my invention and hence I desire to be limited onlyby the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In combination, a receptacle cover, a handle for said cover, acombined supporting hook and protective shield for said handle disposedbetween said handle and cover, portions of said shield being adapted forengagement with the edge of the receptacle whereby the cover may besuspended from said edge.

2. In combination, a receptacle cover, a handle for said cover, acombined supporting hook and protective shield for said handle disposedbetween said handle and cover, the body of said shield being spaced fromsaid cover, portions of the shield being adapted for engagement with theedges of the receptacle whereby the cover may be suspended from saidedge.

8. The combination with a receptacle cover, of an arch-shaped protectiveshield attached to said cover, said shield having upturned edges on thesides thereof adapted to partly encircle and to support an elongatedimplement and forming a supporting hook by which the cover may be hungupon the edge of the receptacle, and a handle attached to said shield.

In witness whereof, I subscribe my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

JACOB SCI-IAFFER.

Witnesses:

VVALno M. CHAPIN, WILLIAM G. LANG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

